TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2009

Today is Tuesday, January 13, the 13th day of 2009. There are 352 days left in the year.

1610 _ Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, fourth satellite of Jupiter

1785 _ John Walter publishes first issue of London Times

1882 _ Richard Wagner completes his opera ``Parsifal"

1883 _ Henrik Ibsen's ``En Folkefiende" premieres in Oslo

1893 _ British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader)

1898 _ Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris

1930 _ ``Mickey Mouse" comic strip first appears

1943 _ Hitler declares ``Total War"

1968 _ Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam

1969 _ Beatles release ``Yellow Submarine" album